An oasis of 843 green acres in the middle of Manhattan, Central Park is also, according to the New York City Audubon Society, one of the top ten birding spots in America, hosting more than 200 migratory species. For two years Cal Vornberger made daily sojourns to photograph the park's birds, and in this remarkable album he presents 175 of his best images—warblers, egrets, herons, kingfishers, a boreal owl, and hawks, including the famous "Pale Male"—capturing the birds in a wide variety of attitudes and behaviors. A cedar waxwing turns his head upside down to pluck a berry; a robin nests under the chins on the statue of Romeo and Juliet; and a black-crowned Night Heron hotfoots it across the walk with a purloined fish. The book includes a pocket photographic guide to 116 birds.